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    against the king‚ Agamemnon. In Judeo-Christian society this would have been viewed as morally wrong for public shaming for someone who speaks the truth. In the case of Prometheus and Zeus‚ Prometheus was doing his job as creator of the humans to give them fire back and make sure they are able to survive. Zeus focused more on that Prometheus defied him rather than and punished all those involved because the gods did not focus on intention rather they believed in a rigid set of

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    Pandora’s Box Source: Greek Mythology Pandora was created to punish mankind because Prometheus stole fire from mount Olympus to give to man as a special gift. Hephaestus made Pandora and each of the gods gave her a gift; (Aphrodite gave her beauty‚ Athena clothed her‚ etc.) most important‚ Hera‚ Zeus’s wife‚ gave her the "gift" of curiosity. Hermes was to take Pandora down Mt. Olympus to Earth to present Pandora to Epimetheus as his new wife. Hermes gave Pandora a golden box (in some versions

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    The Tyger by William Blake is a six quatrains poem‚ the first and last quatrains are identical except the word "could" becomes "dare" in the second iteration/repetition. The poem is made of questions as it contained thirteen questions and only one full sentence. The poet is asking a question that embodies the central theme: Who created the tiger?. What kind of being could have created the perfect strong and frightening creation which is the "burning bright" tiger? Was it God or Satan?. He wonders

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    5.15 Pandora Type your translation below each Latin paragraph. Then answer the question about Prometheus. Pandora Forma feminae ab Vulcano* creabatur de terra. Ab Minerva ei (to her) vestes (clothes‚ nom. pl.) argenteae* donabantur. Etiam ei (to her) ab Vulcano corona aurea donabatur; Iuppiter ei (to her) ollam* donavit. Dei feminam pulchram amaverunt. Quod (Because) dei ei (to her) dona donaverunt‚ nomen (her name) erat Pandora. The form of the woman was created from earth by Vulcan. Clothes of

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    Buffalo‚ NY: Prometheus Books. Colson‚ C.‚ & Pearcey‚ N. (1999). Worldviews in conflict. How now shall we live? (pp. 19-26). Wheaton‚ Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers‚ Inc.. Parsley‚ R. (2007). Why worldviews matter. Culturally incorrect: How clashing worldviews affect your future (pp. 34-35). Nashville‚ TN: Thomas Nelson. Prometheus. (n.d.). The American heritage® new dictionary of cultural literacy‚ third edition. Retrieved July 26‚ 2010‚ http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Prometheus. Seldes

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    suffering‚ fate‚ destiny‚ and good and evil. Three out of the various readings that cover death and suffering would be the “Book of Matthew”‚ the Greek tragedy “Antigone” and the “Book of Job”. A reading of this quarter that reveals suffering are “Prometheus Bound” and the “Book of Matthew”. An additional text that discloses one of the themes is the Mayan book “Popol Vuh”. People often wonder why others have to suffer and make sacrifices throughout their life‚ particularly kind and honorable people

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    important elements and themes in the literature of the Romantic Era that are essential to the pieces. I will be particularly discussing two plays‚ Prometheus Unbound‚ and the Cenci‚ Percy Shelley wrote in 1819 and 1820. Percy had a strange connection with nature‚ so in many of his works he used intricate imagery to describe some of the settings. In Prometheus Unbound preface‚ he describes the setting in India as mountainous ruins with winding labyrinths with flowery thickets walls‚ and blooming trees

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    The Project Gutenberg EBook of A Book of Myths‚ by Jean Lang This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it‚ give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: A Book of Myths

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    Cited: Price‚ Michele and Coleman Jr.‚ William S.E. “Retold Classic Myths.” United States of America: Perfection Learning® Corporation‚ 1990 Creation of the Titans. 6 and 11. Prometheus. 23 and 24. The Twelve Labors of Heracles. 39. Aeneas’ Trip to the Underworld. 77. The Follies of Midas. 93 and 96.

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    My understanding of cultural and contextual considerations in William Shakespeare’s play‚ Macbeth was greatly developed through my participation in the Interactive Oral.  Before the Interactive Oral‚ we discussed how we must respect other’s cultural and social aspects. Throughout the Interactive Oral‚ My peers and I conversed on ideas about cultural and social considerations through the time period in the course of the novel. During the year 1606‚ Shakespeare wrote Macbeth based on the themes of

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